martes, 17 de marzo de 2009

martes, el diecisiete de marzo del dos mil nueve

Feliz Día de San Patricio

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: Tomorrow's schedule is special...NO LATE START TOMORROW.

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. To do our “para empezar” warm-up: How well do you remember the following words/phrases from Friday’s “Vamos a la playa” game?

--No fui a ninguna parte.
--el lugar
--el lago
--el país
--la selva
--los recuerdos
--pasear al perro
--salir
--el gorro
--enseñar (new meaning)
--la lluvia
--la nieve
--la maleta
--el traje de baño
--pienso ir

**REMEMBER: “Comprehension proceeds production.” You need to be able to understand what you hear/read before you can speak/write. …How well do you recognize these new words?

2. Revisit our song “Fotografía” from earlier in the year. Look how much more you understand in Spanish now that we are in March!

3. Receive last week’s tests and complete a follow-up test reflection.

4. Tackle a new story and related activities: “Las vacaciones terribles.

Homework: Tackle the new story “Las vacaciones” and the following related activities: story illustration, definitions of underlined verbs in English, translation of underlined verbs into the present tense of Spanish. A parent signature is NOT due for tomorrow.

Español Dos (2):

Announcement: Tomorrow's schedule is special...NO LATE START TOMORROW.

1. To do our “para empezar” warm-up: How well do you remember the following words/phrases from Friday’s “Vamos a la playa” game?

1. yo mismo/a ____________________________________
2. de vez en cuando ____________________________________
3. el grifo ____________________________________
4. ya no funciona ____________________________________
5. dirijo ____________________________________
6. el ventilador ____________________________________
7. llenar ____________________________________
8. el estante ____________________________________
9. ahorrar ____________________________________
10. el lavaplatos ____________________________________
11. colocar ____________________________________
12. el microondas ____________________________________
13. el fregadero ____________________________________
14. la mesa de noche ____________________________________
15. parecer ____________________________________
16. la linterna ____________________________________
17. se le cae ____________________________________
18. deja caer ____________________________________
19. la secadora ____________________________________
20. el secador de pelo ____________________________________
21. la pila ____________________________________
22. propio/a ____________________________________
23. la moneda ____________________________________
24. enseñar ____________________________________
25. lujoso/a(s) ____________________________________
26. el incendio ____________________________________
27. la lavadora ____________________________________
28. la plata ____________________________________
29. el oro ____________________________________
30. el calentador ____________________________________

**REMEMBER: “Comprehension proceeds production.” You need to be able to understand what you hear/read before you can speak/write. …How well do you recognize these new words?

2. Listen to our new song of the week: "El problema" by Ricardo Arjona. Good job catching the first five missing words: fue, te espero, mientas, juegues, mismo.

Quick grammar discussion:

…que mientas” = “that you might lie” (doubt)
…que mientes” = “that you (do) lie” (certainty)

…que juegues” = “that you might play” (doubt)
…que juegas” = “that you (do) play” (certainty)

3. Practice our chapter 7 gestures. Learn some new chapter 7 gestures.

4. Sing our irregular, positive command song: “Ten, ven, pon, sal, di, sé, ve, haz.

5. Begin the homework: 7-3, 7-4 (+translations for all).

Homework: 7-3, 7-4 (+translations)